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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by egypturnash on Thursday October 05, 2017 @10:49PM (#15414099)
I have a phone that is 3D Touch capable and I never use 3D Touch at all. In fact I mostly avoid using it; it's Those Useless Options That Sometimes Pop Up If I Press Too hard On A Thing.

It's on par with OSX's "some menu items change if you hold down alt while they're open" behavior. Aggressively obscured.

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by lloeki on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:37AM (#15415293)
Then turn it off (Settings, General, Accessibility)

Although lacking discoverability, I personally find it very quick, useful and natural in a couple of use cases: acting on notifications, keyboard cursor movement and selection, (sadly defunct) app switching, on Apple Music track listings.

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by egypturnash on Monday October 09, 2017 @01:00PM (#15435520)
Oh right, I use the keyboard cursor movement all the time.

Haven't found a single other place where it does anything I find useful.

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by nkristoffersen on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:46PM (#15414285)
You're missing out. 3D Touch is pretty powerful and provides access to more than "Useless Options" now.
Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by robotresearcher on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:54PM (#15414309)
It still bugs me as very undiscoverable. I don’t want to press things I don’t intend to toggle just to see whats underneath them.

Maybe I’ll get used to it but right now I’m old man grumpy.

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by LoSboccacc on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:37AM (#15414861)
sometimes an app shows a popup, sometimes you show the delete icon for all app. wonderful interface.
Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by futurix on Friday October 06, 2017 @07:47AM (#15415997)
It always shows a pop-up.
Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by LoSboccacc on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:34AM (#15416632)
*depending on how hard/lightly you press you get a different interaction. nice uh? and you have to remember which is which or try both
Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by cassowary on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:26AM (#15414422)
How do I know when I can use it? and if my phone doesn't have 3D Touch, how can I access the same features? (I don't know if my phone has 3D Touch, but I guess it doesn't because I've never been able to make it do something different. Except once when I long clicked the control centre and it did something different. I don't know if that's 3D Touch though. My iPhone used to teach me how to use it, now it just hides things because it makes someone else feel like an elegant designer.)
Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by MBCook on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:47AM (#15417169)
You don’t, which is one of the two big issues. You can only try it everywhere and try to remember what happens.

(The other problem is the light touch/hard touch thing)